GKPE: General Ramblings thread

tim wrote in post #2169139
I just got offered a permanent IT job Downside is it pays half what contracting does I should have more interviews this week. Now I have to decide if I want the pay cut but career development prospects of permanent work, or to hold out for contracting and keep doing what i've been doing for a few years.

well that's tough. what do you enjoy doing the most. follow that to true happiness.

Tim your lucky, once you have a wife and kids you have to take what you can to put food on the table

Hey IT Geeks, who knew about this:

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nzl-g3user wrote in post #2169331
well that's tough. what do you enjoy doing the most. follow that to true happiness.

weka2000 wrote in post #2169420
Tim your lucky, once you have a wife and kids you have to take what you can to put food on the table

I like contracting, mainly because of the pay, but getting paid to learn is good too. It might be time to take the plunge to get more experience, but it'd be nice to be able to get a deposit for a house too. Thinking will be required. Yeah lucky I have no wife or kids, I have flexability

Well the unleashing of xtra has made no difference to my line speed... still slow and crap/... in fact i think it might be worse today than yesterday.. or was yesterday just a good day..

Tim do what you enjoy. I know way to many people in jobs the dont relly like. It shows. Money isnt everything, infact people who make there job based around money come unstuck real quick. Cant leave as the moneys to good.

Nzshrimper wrote in post #2169648
Well the unleashing of xtra has made no difference to my line speed... still slow and crap/... in fact i think it might be worse today than yesterday.. or was yesterday just a good day..

Orcon have sharpened their pencil, they now have a "build your own" plan, three speed grades - 256/128 - $29.95 (no tolls), Unleased/128 - $39.95 (no tolls) & Unleased/Unleased - $49.95 (no tolls) + you pick the data cap and style, 200MB Free, 1GB-$5, 5GB-$10, 15GB-$20, 30GB-$40, 100GB-$130, 200GB-$220, "Zeroshock"-$20.

Overage on the above is $10 per 5GB, "Zeroshock" is that dodgy "managed" connection where they can limit certain data types etc, same as the standard "all you can eat" Xtra product. There is a $10 discount on the base if you have your tolls through them.

Hey, noticed in this mornings paper that Harvey Norman are doing 6x4 prints for 15c! That is pretty cheap!

scotttnz wrote in post #2169827
Hey, noticed in this mornings paper that Harvey Norman are doing 6x4 prints for 15c! That is pretty cheap!

Right after Shona got 200 prints done there yesterday

FlyingPete wrote in post #2169878
Right after Shona got 200 prints done there yesterday

well they made their money off you guys yesterday so they thought everyone else can get it cheap

who here prints the most. I only print a picture every so often which is about 1 every 6 months or so.

I think we can put tony in the never range

weka2000 wrote in post #2169735
Tim do what you enjoy. I know way to many people in jobs the dont relly like. It shows. Money isnt everything, infact people who make there job based around money come unstuck real quick. Cant leave as the moneys to good.

I like software development, the issue is really over money - a 50% pay cut is hard to take!

Is it just me, or this the only portable drive with a card reader currently in the NZ market? http://www.trademe.co.​nz …yers/auction-74882966.htm

Moppie wrote in post #2170193
Is it just me, or this the only portable drive with a card reader currently in the NZ market? http://www.trademe.co.​nz …yers/auction-74882966.htm

It must be just you...
here's a couple:
http://www.flashcards.​co.nz …6934adbdb3a4a20​6c8eec9feb
http://www.photo.co.nz …ds/newportables​torage.htm

FlyingPete wrote in post #2169777
Orcon have sharpened their pencil, they now have a "build your own" plan, three speed grades - 256/128 - $29.95 (no tolls), Unleased/128 - $39.95 (no tolls) & Unleased/Unleased - $49.95 (no tolls) + you pick the data cap and style, 200MB Free, 1GB-$5, 5GB-$10, 15GB-$20, 30GB-$40, 100GB-$130, 200GB-$220, "Zeroshock"-$20.

Overage on the above is $10 per 5GB, "Zeroshock" is that dodgy "managed" connection where they can limit certain data types etc, same as the standard "all you can eat" Xtra product. There is a $10 discount on the base if you have your tolls through them.

I see that. I think the zeroshock is just crap. but then that's what I think of what telecom is doing. At the moment I am paying $60 per month for downloading about 25gb worth of data at 256k. hmm thinking about changing, but I still have to pay more

joeseph wrote in post #2170336
It must be just you...
here's a couple:
http://www.flashcards.​co.nz …6934adbdb3a4a20​6c8eec9feb
http://www.photo.co.nz …ds/newportables​torage.htm

Aha!
Thats better, although very expensive.
What about just a case with the card reader in it and a battery, then I can get a drive from techpac.

There are lots of just cases on Ebay, about US$30-40. However the international shipping cost is also US$30-40.